In the 1960's, young people questioned America's materialism and cultural
and political norms, much as they've always done. Seeking a better world,
some used music, politics, and alternative lifestyles to create what came to
be known as the counterculture. Americans in that era faced many
issues from civil rights, the Vietnam War, nuclear arms, and the
environment to drug use, and
Hippies!
Hippies!
sexual freedom.


Rolling Stone called Woodstock"the most famous event in rock history." The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was on a 600 acre farm in the township of Bethel New York, from August 15-18, 1969 it represents more than a peaceful gathering of 500,000 people and 32 musical performances. Woodstock has become an idea that has suffused our culture, politically and socially, as much as musically